Corn-planter attachment



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I. H. ATHEY. 001m PLANTER ATTACHMENT. No. 371,119. Patented Oct. 4, 1887. I

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ISAAC H. ATHEY, OF MARION, ARKANSAS.

CORN-PLANTER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,119, dated October 4, 1887.

Application filed June 1 lSFT. Serial No. 241,749. (No model.)

T on? whom it may concern: with sidewardly-projecting arms J and J re Be it known that I, ISAAC H. ATHEY, of spectively.each forminginsaidrimofthewheel Marion, in the county of Grittenden and State J a groo e, J The arm J extends on one of Arkansas, have invented a new and Imside of thewheel J, and the other arm, J ,ex

5 proved Corn-Planter Attachment, of which tends on the other side of the said wheel J in the following isa full, clear, and exact descripthe opposite direction. The arms Jand J altion. ternately engage a friction-wheel, K, mounted My invention relates to certain improveon one end of the lever K, fulcrumed on a ments in the corn planter attachment for suitable bracket secured to the main frame A :0 which Letters Patent No. 276,151 were granted and connected by the lever K and the rod K to me April 24, 1883. with the dropping-bar L, operating in the The object of my present invention is to seed-boxes N N in the usual manner. When provide new marking and dropping devices the shaft F is rotated, the arms J and J opwhich are simple and durable in construction erate alternately on the lever K in such a man i 5 and very efiective in operation. ner as to shift the latter from one side to the The invention consists in the construction other, thereby imparting a sliding motion to and arrangement of certain parts and details the dropping-bar L. and combinations of the same, as will be fully On the shaft F is also placed and held addescribed hereinafter, and then pointed out in justable, by set screws or other means, the

2o the claims. wiperO,provided with the curved arms 0 and Reference is to be had to the accompanying 0, extending in opposite directionsfrom each drawings, forming a part of this specification, other and adapted to engage by their outer in which similar letters of reference indicate ends one end of a lever, P, fulcrumed on a bar, corresponding parts in all the figures. P, secured to the main frame A. w

2 Figure 1 is a plan view of myimprovement Near the rear end of the lever P is secured with part of the driving-wheel broken out. a weight, P and said rear end is also pro- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,with one vided with a sidewardly extending arm, P drive-wheel removed. Fig. 3 is an end elevacarrying on its outer end a frietion-roller, P, tion of my improvement; and Fig. 4 is aperoperating on the marking-bar Q, provided on 0 spective view of the mechanism for operating its lower end with the foot Q and held to slide the marking and dropping devices. in the bracket R, secured to either of the side Asuitably-constructed frame, A, is mounted beams of the main frame A. on the wheels B and G, of which the latter is The upper arm of the bracket R is provided 3 5 the drive-wheel for operating the dropping with an elongated slot, R, and the lower arm,

3 5 and marking mechanism. R of the bracket R carries a friction-roller,

On the drive -wheel 0 is secured the gear- R resting with its rim against one side of the wheel D, meshing into the gear wheel E, markingrod Q. A spring, S, is coiled on the mounted loosely on one end of the shaft F, marking-rod Q and rests with one end on the 0 held in suitable bearings'secured to the main arm R and with its other end against a pin 40 frame A. secured to the markingrod Q. A spring, T,

On the face of the gear-wheel E is formed secured to the side beam of the main frame A a ratchet-wheel, G, adapted to be engaged by presses with its free end against one side of a clutch, H, sliding on and rotating with the the marking'rod Q, so that the upper end of shaft F, so that when said clutch H is in conthe latter is held at the rear end of the slot R,

5 tact with said ratchet-wheel G the driveformed in the upper arm of the bracket R.

. wheel 0, on the forward movement of the ma- The operation is as follows: The auxiliary chine, imparts a rotary'motion to the shaft F. shaft F is operated as above described, and it The clutch H is connected with the shiftingimparts, by means of the wiper O, a lifting [co lever I for moving said clutch into and out of movement to the lever P, and as soon as one 50 contact with said ratchet-wheel G. of the arms of the wiper O has passed the le- On the shaft F is secured the cam-whee1 J, ver 1?, after lifting the same, then the weight provided on its rim, at two opposite points, P of the lever 1? causes the latter to drop drop downward by its weight P, then said ters Patentdownward, whereby the friction-roller P, held on the arm I of the lever P, strikes against the top of the marking-rod Q, so that the latter is forced downward until the foot Q makes an indentation in the ground at the point where the corn was dropped by the droppingbar L, above described. The spring S is compressed by this downward movement ofthe marking-bar Q, and as the machine now travels forward it causes the marking-rod to swing on its fulcrum in the lower end of the arm R that is on the friction-roller R and thefifoot Q,being held in the ground,causes the upper end of the marking-rod Qto swing forward in the slot B, so that this upper end is disengaged from the friction-roller P of the lever P. The compressed spring S now presses the marking-rod Q upward, whereby the foot Qis raised out of the ground and the lever 1? remains in its lowered position until lifted up by the next following arm of the wiper O. As soon as the lever has assumed its highest point, the friction-roller P is disengaged from the upper end of the marking-rod Q, which is again pressed into a vertical position by the spring T, so that as soon as the wiper-arm has passed the lever P and the latter has been caused "to friction-roller P again strikes the markingrod Q on the top and forces it downward in the same manner as above described. \Vhen the lever P is raised by one of the wiper-arms, the friction-roller I travels at the rear edge of the marking-rod Q, which is then held in its uppermost and in an inclined position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.2. The wiper O is held adjustably on the shaft F, so as to impart a downward motion to the marking bar Qat the exact spot where the corn was dropped by the droppingbar L.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 1. In a corn-planter attachment, the combination, with an auxiliary shaft rotated from l one of the drivingwheels on the forward motion of the machine, of the cam-wheel J, secured on said shaft and having grooves J, and also provided with the sidewardly-extending flanges or arms J and J and the lever K, carrying on one end the friction-roller K, engaged alternately by said arms J and J said lever K being connected at its other end with the dropping-bar, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a corn-planter attachment, an auxiliary shaft operated from the main drive-wheel, and a wiper secured to said shaft and having curved arms 0 and 0 the weighted lever P, raised alternately by said arms 0 and O and provided with the arm P carrying a friction-roller, 1 the marking-arm Q, operated on by said friction-roller P, the bracket R, forming abearing for said marking-rod Q and provided with an elongated slot, R, in its upper arm, a friction-roller mounted on the lower arm of said bracket R, a spring coiled on said marking-arm Q and serving to raise said marking-arm Q, and a spring for pressing said marking-arm toward the rear, so as to assume a vertical position in order to be engaged by said friction-roller P, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a corn-planter attachment, the combination, with the marking -rod Q and the weighted lever P, for imparting a downward motion to said rod Q, of the bracket R, having in its upper arm an elongated slot, B, through which said marking-rod Q passes, the friction-roller R mounted in the lower end of the arm R and forming a fulcrum-point for said marking-rod Q, the spring S, coiled on said marking-rod Q. for raising thelatter, and the spring T for pressing the marking-rod Q toward the rear, substantially as shown and described.

ISAAC H. ATHEY.

Vitnesses:

JOHN R. CHASE, J. WV. MAKING. 

